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TIL: Andrew Jackson’s parrot was ejected from his funeral for swearing

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xVQ0w TIL that ants have 2 stomachs - they use one to feed themselves, while the other stomach can be used to nurture others. This process of feeding among ants through their second stomach is called trophallaxis.
78LDP TIL King Henry VIII of England had servants called "Grooms of Stool", who wiped him clean after he visited the toilet.
jA6N TIL That Christopher Columbus punished a man found guilty of stealing corn by having his ears and nose cut off and then selling him into slavery
W7EPL TIL that in 1943, the hull of the tanker ship SS Schenectady cracked in half while docked in Portland, Oregon. The sound of the fracture was reported to have been heard over a mile away, and the cause of the failure wasn’t fully understood for another 50 years.
dDedK TIL The world's earliest known fossilised forest is in Minehead, UK. Recently discovered, it is four million years older than the previous record holder (New York State)